by dbadmin | Aug 16, 2025 | Authority Insights, Authority Insights Podcast, News
This week, Mishaal Rahman and C. Scott Brown discuss Google’s new AI-powered notification intelligence features that aim to tame your phone’s chaotic alert shade. They also dive into how the Google Play Store might be getting its own community forums for games and how...
by dbadmin | Aug 16, 2025 | Authority Insights, backup, Google, News
Android offers convenient built-in backup tools, but these don’t automatically save every file on your phone. Google appears to be working on a new option to explicitly back up downloaded files. At the moment it’s not clear if this would support any and all files...
by dbadmin | Aug 15, 2025 | Authority Insights, Find Hub, Google, Material 3 Expressive, News
Credit: Andy Walker / Android Authority We’ve conducted a teardown of Google’s Find Hub app and discovered a variety of visual changes. These tweaks are broadly in line with Google’s push to adopt the Material 3 Expressive style. Google’s Find Hub is your one-stop...
by dbadmin | Aug 15, 2025 | Authority Insights, Find Hub, Google, Google Maps, News
Google appears to be working on a home screen shortcut for users who are sharing their location with you in Find Hub. Right now, Google Maps already offers similar functionality. Bringing the option to the Find Hub reflects Google’s consolidation of tracking tools....
by dbadmin | Aug 14, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google, Google Gemini, News
Google is working on an easier process for sharing text responses from Gemini. The new workflow can be initiated by double tapping or dragging to select specific text, and users can bypass the “Select text” option. However, this new method won’t work on text in a...
by dbadmin | Aug 14, 2025 | AI, Authority Insights, Google, Google Photos, News
Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Google is working on adding a new section called “How was this made” to the details view. This section will tell a user if certain photos or videos were edited with AI or not. The feature uses Content Credentials to maintain a...
